DynaMed

DynaMed™ is a clinical reference tool created by physicians for physicians and other health care professionals for use at the point-of-care. With clinically -organized summaries for more than 3,200 topics, DynaMed provides the latest content and resources with validity, relevance and convenience, making DynaMed an indispensable resource for answering most clinical questions during practice.

Updated daily, DynaMed editors monitor the content of over 500 medical journals on a daily basis. Each article is evaluated for clinical relevance and scientific validity. The new evidence is then integrated with existing content, and overall conclusions are changed as appropriate, representing a synthesis of the best available evidence. Through this process of Systematic Literature Surveillance, the best available evidence determines the content of DynaMed

Who Uses DynaMed

DynaMed is used in hospitals, medical schools, residency programs, group practices and by individual clinicians supporting physicians, physician assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, physical therapists, medical researchers, students, teachers and numerous other health care professionals at the point-of-care. 

EInstitutions

Hospitals around the world find great value in DynaMed for use at the point-of-care. As the only point-of-care, evidence-based resource that is updated daily, DynaMed offers quality, well-organized information and an intuitive means for accessing this material. DynaMed is available on an unlimited basis via the Web (on-site and remotely) and via mobile device for easy access at the point-of-care.

 

Why is DynaMed Needed in Hospitals?
According to the National Academy Press (2001), 44,000-98,000 American deaths per year occur due to preventable medical errors; medical errors are estimated to cost the U.S. $17 to $29 billion annually. Using the best available evidence for clinical decision-making improves health outcomes and reduces health care costs.

Because only the best available evidence determines the content of DynaMed, physicians and other health care professionals can reliably answer most questions quickly and accurately at the point-of-care, reducing the number of preventable medical errors at the hospital.

E Educators

Residency programs gain significant value through the use of DynaMed and represent a large portion of its user base. As theory is put into practice, DynaMed plays a vital role in assisting residents as they formulate appropriate answers for patients. A simple, easy-to-use, mobile device-accessible interface allows timely extraction of information that helps residents provide the best care and information. With continuous availability, the database also provides a means for off-hour research and includes access to patient educational resources to help residents present medical information to patients in an easy-to-understand manner.

 

DynaMed Provides Practical Scholarly Effort Opportunities
Residents in all specialties are now expected to conduct scholarly effort during training. Traditional research and publication efforts do not routinely adapt to residency program schedules. Residents can co-review DynaMed topics with a supervising faculty member who has clinical practice experience. At DynaMed, we can tailor review opportunities to fit specific topics of interest and adjust deadlines to meet residency program schedules.

DynaMed Assists in Reaching Competency Requirements
In addition to the product itself, DynaMed provides additional resources for residency programs to reach competency objectives. These tools assist in attaining each of the six ACGME Competency requirements for Practice-Based Learning and Improvement.

The most effective way to demonstrate competency for accessing online medical information during patient care and to provide effective education is to integrate this process with actual practice-based answering of clinical questions, and DynaMed offers two documents to facilitate this achievement:

1. Resident Assignment Sheet for Answering Clinical Questions provides data capture for both resident and faculty records.
2. By combining the activities of DynaMed peer review, evidence integration, critical appraisal, quality improvement and presentation, residents can complete a manageable project that demonstrates how all of these activities are inter-related. A Practice-Based Learning Competency Tracker is offered to track both competency achievement and progression through this process.

E Education for Clinicians in Training

Residents in all specialties are now expected to conduct scholarly effort during training. The DynaMed Editors are committed to contributing to the medical training of health care professionals by providing scholarly effort opportunities. Residents and students can co-review DynaMed topics with a supervising faculty member who has clinical practice experience.

Residency and allied health care training programs benefit two-fold:

• Residents and students have the opportunity to learn critical appraisal, evidence synthesis and other evidence-based processes
• Faculty can provide real-time, hands-on opportunities for residents and students in which to evaluate clinical learning, evidence evaluation and use of a clinical resource to improve patient care

Traditional research and publication efforts do not routinely adapt to residency program schedules. At DynaMed, we can tailor review opportunities to fit specific topics of interest and adjust deadlines to meet residency program schedules.

Additional benefits for Residency Programs participating in DynaMed peer review include:

• An additional educational opportunity for residents and students to learn critical appraisal, evidence synthesis and other evidence-based processes
• Real-time, hands-on opportunities for residents and students in which faculty can evaluate clinical learning, evidence evaluation and use of a clinical resource to improve patient care
• Activities tailored to residency program schedules
• ACGME Practice-Based learning and Improvement competency – method and documentation forms provided
• Program recognition: Residency program is listed in topic acknowledgements and on the Participating Reviewers & Contributors page
• Discounts on group subscriptions
• Continued complimentary DynaMed access provided to program graduates who continue to review their topic(s)

The following residency programs are currently participating in DynaMed review:

• Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX – Internal Medicine
• Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH – Child Neurology
• Colentina University Hospital, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania – Internal Medicine
• Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA – Internal Medicine
• Grand Rapids Medical Education and Research Center, Grand Rapids, MI – Family Medicine
• Harvard Medical School/Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, MA – Internal Medicine
• Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN – Adult Neurology
• Middlesex Hospital, Middletown, CT – Family Practice
• Phoenix Baptist Hospital, Phoenix, AZ – Family Medicine
• Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL – Family Medicine
• St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Youngstown, OH – Family Practice
• St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ypsilanti, MI  – Internal Medicine
• St. Vincent Hospital, Worcester, MA – Internal Medicine
• University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA – General Practice Residency in Dentistry
• University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville, TN  – Family Medicine
• University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, WI – Family Medicine
• Waukesha Memorial Hospital, Waukesha, WI – Family Medicine
• West London Mental Health NHS Trust, London UK
• West Virginia University, Charleston, WV – Internal Medicine

E Individual Clinicians & Group Practices

Physicians and other health care professionals around the world find great value in DynaMed for use at the point-of-care. As the only point-of-care, evidence-based resource that is updated daily, DynaMed offers quality, well-organized information and an intuitive means for accessing this material. DynaMed is available on an unlimited basis via the Web and via mobile devices for easy access at the point-of-care.

For practicing physicians and health care professionals not affiliated with a larger group, DynaMed offers affordable pricing for unlimited access to this valuable resource.

DynaMed is used by all members of the health care community:

• Dieticians
• Emergency Medical Technicians & Paramedics
• Health Care Administrators
• Medical Librarians
• Naturopaths
• Nurse Practitioners
• Nurses
• Occupational Therapists
• Pharmacists
• Chiropractors
• Physical Therapists
• Physician Assistants
• Physicians in Primary Care & Other Specialties
• Psychologists
• Respiratory Therapists
• Social Workers
• Teachers of the above professionals
• And many others… 

Why is DynaMed needed?
According to the National Academy Press (2001), 44,000-98,000 American deaths per year occur due to preventable medical errors; medical errors are estimated to cost the U.S. $17 to $29 billion annually. Using the best available evidence for clinical decision-making improves health outcomes and reduces health care costs.
Because only the best available evidence determines the content of DynaMed, health care professionals can reliably answer most questions quickly and accurately at the point-of-care, reducing the number of preventable medical errors.

DynaMed Mission
The DynaMed mission is to provide the most useful information to health care professionals at the point of care.
DynaMed Vision
A world in which every health care professional can get the information they need in the way they need it
Achieving the DynaMed Mission – Key Strategies

Maximal Usefulness - DynaMed is designed to provide the most useful information at the point of care for health care professionals. Usefulness requires a balance of validity, relevance and convenience. The essence of DynaMed is balancing the available resources with each of these factors to create the most useful clinical resource possible.

Maximal Collaboration
The best way to determine and improve the usefulness of a medical reference database is to ask and involve those who are using it. From its inception, DynaMed has remained committed to responding rapidly to user comments and concerns and to providing easy ways for users to provide feedback and interact with other members of the DynaMed Community. The result is an active global DynaMed Community.

DynaMed Community Vision
A world in which every health care professional can participate in the system to meet clinician’s information needs.

DynaMed Community Mission 
The DynaMed Community mission is to collaborate globally to improve clinical care by providing the most useful information.  The DynaMed Community fulfills this mission by sharing evidence, ideas and perspectives for meeting clinical information needs.

Easy Navigation DynaMed provides clinically-practical navigation options for health care professionals to locate the best available evidence. Navigation features available to quickly find specific information in a given topic include:

Browse Topics Alphabetically
The quickest way to locate a topic of interest - users simply browse an A-Z listing - or type the first few letters of the topic of interest to quickly jump to the appropriate item.